Ball Airport

The airport was a private-use airstrip, and its closure was directly related to the death of its owner and operator. This is a common reason for the permanent closure of private airfields, as there is no longer an operator to maintain the facility or a need for its existence.

The site has reverted to private ranch land. Recent satellite imagery shows the faint outline of the former north-south runway, but it is completely overgrown and no longer maintained or usable for aviation. The property is not an active airfield and is used for agricultural or ranching purposes.

Ball Airport, which used the FAA Location Identifier (LID) `1TE3`, was a private general aviation airfield. It held no major public or military historical significance. Its purpose was to serve the personal and business (likely ranching-related) transportation needs of its owner. Operations were limited to light, single-engine aircraft suitable for its single 2,600-foot unpaved turf runway (designated 17/35). The ICAO code `US-10121` is a non-standard identifier used by some third-party databases to catalog airfields and is not an official ICAO assignment.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Ball Airport. As a private field whose closure was tied to its owner's passing, any reactivation would be solely dependent on a new property owner having the interest, resources, and desire to restore the airstrip and re-certify it with the FAA. This is considered extremely unlikely, and the airport is considered permanently closed.